El Chapulín Colorado is a Mexican television comedy created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, better known as Chespirito, and centred on a well-meaning but clumsy superhero in a red costume with antennae. The show became hugely popular across Latin America in the 1970s and remained a cultural touchstone through reruns and later generations discovering it online. Its theme and catchphrases are instantly recognisable to Spanish-speaking audiences, which is why the sound still works in memes, reaction videos and parody edits decades after the original broadcasts ended.